Chapman to sign in 3-4 days; Angels and Blue Jays Frontrunners

I hope we ge him

Go ahead and break the bank for this kid. We get younger and don’t give up a pick for compensation.

$21 Million? Nope.

Strasburg got $16 Million and Boras is his agent – this guy’s agents were so dumb they did not realize the new tax laws for 2010 cost their client an extra 30% if his signing bonus. Maybe every word of that article is true right up to that purported dollar amount, but I will be shocked if he gets anything beyond Strasburg, expecially in this economy, especially with the memory of Maels Rodriguez flameout for the D-Backs still looming large

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Why do I have the feeling it’ll be someone other than the Halo’s?

Whenever we’re mentioned in a rumor like this, we rarely are the ones who get the FA.

We are ninjas.

But this offseason nothing will surprise me.

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First of all, I sincerely doubt we end up with him, and secondly, I never know what to think of these can’t miss phenoms. Does anyone recall Maels Rodriguez? And the flip side of course, is that he could very well be as good as advertised. I’m glad it isn’t my money or decision. I would cautiously say thanks, but no thanks. If were going to invest 21 million, I say take that money, and throw it at a proven commodity. Or better yet, go into ST, with the team we have, and make a trade at the deadline. Just my opinion.

Great. An incentive laden deal that doesn’t pay this guy 21 mill to rot in the minors is perfect here. It’s a slight gamble with tremendous upside. If it’s a front loaded deal with all this guaranteed money then no way man.

Doesn’t this situation smell a little bit like something Boras would do to define the market and drive the contract value up by creating perceived demand?

Yes, I know Boras is not this kid’s agent.

To let it leak that any player is “3 or 4 days away from making a decision to sign” likely translates into “I don’t like the offers thus far, give me your best and final offers now”. Furthermore, letting it leak that the Angels and Jays are front runners is telling all the other teams who submitted bids that their contract offers need to improve.

I really hope the GM formally known as the ninja can make this happen. I’m very suspicious given how this off-season has played out thus far.

but signing with a Canadian team would better aid his family considering Cuban/Canadian relations aren’t nearly as shitty as Cuban/U.S. relations. I’m pretty sure that if he were to sign with Toronto his family would have a much easier time moving and joining him there (assuming they’d want to move).

Once again, I could be talking out of my ass. If I am, forgive me.

…stinks of contrivance to me.

Regardless, Arte has oft-stated his willingness to crack open the piggy bank for the right “franchise” player(s). Question is, is Chapman that type of player? Is any PROSPECT?

As said here, it seems likely that any Angels contract offer would use Kendry’s deal as a template – one compensation path for minor league work, another for graduation to the majors. While this a perfectly rational approach, the MLB does not lack irrational owners and GMs.

If we spend 21 million on Chapman, will we still have the 18+ million to pay for someone to take GMJ off our hands. . .

Actually, that was a joke. But it goes to show you that this is crazy money, that most of us cannot even conceive of, and once you are stuck with a bad contract, you are seriously stuck with it.

Where Chapman is better than many of the High School pitching prospects, is that he’s older and more seasoned. He’s thrown more innings, which can be a good thing. Strasburg was babied throughout College and could easily blow out his arm after a year in Single A Ball. I am sure that before long, we’ll be hearing about the “Strasburg Rules.” Not saying that Chapman won’t get injured, since when it comes down to it, that’s a gamble with any young pitcher.

If the Angels farm system was better and deeper then we wouldn’t be talking about Chapman. Hopefully this coming draft, we’ll be able to reload on young arms.

I edited this into my OP as well. Good news for our chances.

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